Difference between revisions of "Posidonius"
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7322" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7322" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' pos ''''' - ''''' i ''''' - ''''' dō´ni ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Πωσιδώνιος , <i> ''''' Pōsidṓnios ''''' </i> , al. Ποσιδόνιος , <i> ''''' Posidónios ''''' </i> and Ποσειδών , <i> ''''' Poseidṓn ''''' </i> ): One of the three envoys sent by the [[Syrian]] general | <p> ''''' pos ''''' - ''''' i ''''' - ''''' dō´ni ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Πωσιδώνιος , <i> ''''' Pōsidṓnios ''''' </i> , al. Ποσιδόνιος , <i> ''''' Posidónios ''''' </i> and Ποσειδών , <i> ''''' Poseidṓn ''''' </i> ): One of the three envoys sent by the [[Syrian]] general Nicanor to treat with the [[Jews]] under Judas during his invasion of Judea, 161 Bc (2 [[Maccabees]] 14:19 ). In 1 Maccabees 7:27 ff, proposals are sent by Nicanor to Judas, but no envoys are named, and it is there asserted in contradiction to 2 Maccabees that Judas broke off the negotiation because of the treacherous designs of Nicanor. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78209" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78209" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56642" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56642" /> == | ||
<p> (Ποσιδώνιος ), an envoy of the | <p> (Ποσιδώνιος ), an envoy of the Syrian general Nicanor to Judas Maccabeus (2 Maccabees 14:19). </p> | ||
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
POSIDONIUS . An envoy sent by Nicanor to Judas ( 2Ma 14:18 ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
pos - i - dō´ni - us ( Πωσιδώνιος , Pōsidṓnios , al. Ποσιδόνιος , Posidónios and Ποσειδών , Poseidṓn ): One of the three envoys sent by the Syrian general Nicanor to treat with the Jews under Judas during his invasion of Judea, 161 Bc (2 Maccabees 14:19 ). In 1 Maccabees 7:27 ff, proposals are sent by Nicanor to Judas, but no envoys are named, and it is there asserted in contradiction to 2 Maccabees that Judas broke off the negotiation because of the treacherous designs of Nicanor.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
An eminent Stoic philosopher, born in Syria; established himself in Rhodes, where he rose to eminence; was visited by Cicero and Pompey, both of whom became his pupils; maintained that pain was no evil; "in vain, O Pain," he exclaimed one day under the pangs of it, "in vain thou subjectest me to torture; it is not in thee to extort from me the reproach that thou art an evil" (135-34 B.C.).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Ποσιδώνιος ), an envoy of the Syrian general Nicanor to Judas Maccabeus (2 Maccabees 14:19).
